August 2019 – Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

News

This Hurricane Map Doesn’t Mean What You Think

“This Hurricane Map Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means: We use hurricane forecasts to warn people. Why do we misinterpret them so often?” is a motion graphic created by CCS Visualization Program Director Alberto Cairo, along with Tala Schlossberg (NY Times Opinion Visuals Journalist), (“cone of uncertainty”) which appeared online at The New York Times. The graphic explains how to interpet the typical ‘cone’ map, and what the “cone of uncertainty” means. Read more “This Hurricane Map Doesn’t Mean What You Think” →

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Notification: Storage System Maintenance Begins 8/30

CCS systems including the Pegasus cluster, login nodes and storage systems will be under maintenance 5PM-11:59PM EST, Friday, 08/30/2019. During this period we will be working on the integration of the Pegasus and Triton file systems. Read more “Notification: Storage System Maintenance Begins 8/30” →

Publications

Thrombospondin-1 Mediates Axon Regeneration in Retinal Ganglion Cells

Neuronal subtypes show diverse injury responses, but the molecular underpinnings remain elusive. Using transgenic mice that allow reliable visualization of axonal fate, we demonstrate that intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are both resilient to cell death and highly regenerative. Read more “Thrombospondin-1 Mediates Axon Regeneration in Retinal Ganglion Cells” →

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Mapic Leap “The U Experience” at Richter Library

The U Experience is a immersive augmented reality application that offers the exploration of the University of Miami Coral Gables campus through a lightweight Magic Leap wearable device. The U Experience is available to faculty and students through the fall semester (until December 11) in the Magic Leap Lab located in the Richter Library, room 326. Read more “Mapic Leap “The U Experience” at Richter Library” →

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Alberto Cairo on Misreading Data Visualizations

CCS Visualization Program Director Dr. Alberto Cairo has published “Does Obesity Shorten Lives: Misreading Data Visualizations Can Reinforce Biased Perceptions” in the Public Health section of Scientific American’s September 2019 issue (p. 100). Read more “Alberto Cairo on Misreading Data Visualizations” →

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Magic Leap Mixed Realty Campus Tour

The first project to come out of the UM-Magic Leap Project Alexandria collaboration is “The U Experience” a mixed reality tour of the Coral Gables campus. The team working on this Magic Leap experience celebrated on Friday, August 16th at the Newman Alumni Center. The project was completed in time for the President’s Celebration for New Students taking place on Saturday, and being offered to 2,800 incoming freshman.
Read more “Magic Leap Mixed Realty Campus Tour” →

Publications

Sympathetic-Parasympathetic Interaction and Externalizing Problems in Children with Autism…

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit significant difficulties with emotion regulation and reactivity, which may be linked to underlying psychophysiology. The present study examined associations between autonomic nervous system activity and individual differences in externalizing behavior problems in children with ASD. Read more “Sympathetic-Parasympathetic Interaction and Externalizing Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” →

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Cloud Radiative Feedbacks and El Niño—Southern Oscillation

Cloud radiative feedbacks are disabled via “cloud-locking” in the Community Earth System Model, version 1.2 (CESM1.2), to result in a shift in El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) periodicity from 2–7 years to decadal time scales. We hypothesize that cloud radiative feedbacks may impact the periodicity in three ways, by: Read more “Cloud Radiative Feedbacks and El Niño—Southern Oscillation” →

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